Ball rolling game



July 20, 1948. A. J. GUTHRIE 2,445,575.

B ALL ROLLING GAME Filed March 2'7, 1946 Patented July 20, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BALLBOLLING GAME Andrew momma, St. Albans, W; Va. Application March 27, 1946, Serial No. 657,522

2 Claims. (01. 273-123) This invention relates to games and toys, and particularly to a game and the method of playing the same, to be known as The Ride and roll game.

An object of the invention is to provide game pieces, in the nature of spherical members, and a game board or base, to be hereinafter referred to as a game board, and a member by which the game pieces are manipulated on the board, and when the game pieces are superimposed and in contact, one on the other, they are propelled over the surface of the board and caused to lodge in seats or holes in the surface of the board.

A further object of the invention is to provide a member adapted to engage the uppermost of the superimposed game pieces which impels or moves the two game pieces as they are superimposed, the said game pieces being guided or directed toward the seats in which they are deposited When the member is properly manipulated.

It is furthermore an object of the invention to provide a member having a longitudinally disposed groove which fits over the upper of the superimposed game pieces to facilitate the guiding and propelling action for causing the game pieces to travel over the surface of the board.

The invention furthermore resides in the method of moving superimposed game pieces while in contact, causing the lowermost game piece to rotate on the board and causing the upper or superimposed game piece to also rotate as they travel during the manipulation.

It is furthermore an object to produce a game comprising comparatively few, inexpensive parts, the playing of which causes amusement, develops skill and which contains an element of chance as to counting of a score, due to the deposit of the game pieces in the seats.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation showing the elements employed in the game, parts being in section;

Figure 2 illustrates a top plan view thereof;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view on an en- 2 larged scale of the members on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and l T Figure 4 illustrates a view on an enlarged scale on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1,

In carrying the invention into practice, a base or board 5 may be suitably supported and it has seats or holes 6 and l in proximity to each other, into which the game pieces are to be lodged, and these seats may be supplied with numbers, such as 50 and 100, for the purpose of counting the score for determining the winner of the game. Two spherical members 8 and 9 are employed in playing the game and, in practice, marbles have been found suitable for the purpose, although any other spherical members may be employed. It is shown that the member 8 may be suitably ornamented, as by the cross surface lines, whereas the other member is plain, although this is an immaterial detail which may be disregarded.

In playing the game, the two spherical members are superimposed, one on the other in contact, whereas the lower spherical member rests and is supposed to roll on the base when pressure is applied to the upper of the spherical members, and in order to apply force to the upper spherical member, a manually operated member i0 is placed on the upper spherical member and by tilting the member Ill, the direction of travel to be imparted to the spherical member will be determined; as, for instance, in referring to Fig. 1, if the end of the member Hi, which is shown as being engaged by the hand, is inclined downwardly, the tendency would be to move the spherical members toward the seats, and if tilted in the opposite manner, the spherical members could be moved in other directions. It is shown that the member Ill has a longitudinally extending groove l I, into which the upper spherical member fits so that the player may guide or direct the movement of the spherical members.

In practice, an elongated piece of wood has been shaped to form the member is which, for the purpose of this disclosure, may be called a manipulator, since it is controlled by the hand of the player to accomplish the movements of the spherical members as the game progresses and, in playing the game, when the lower spherical member 8 reaches the seat 6 and is lodged therein, further manipulation may cause the upper spherical member 9 to roll off of the lower spherical member and, if properly directed, it will fall into the seat I, though if by incorrect manipulation it does not lodge in the seat I, the player does not receive any count for the unlodged spherical member, so that his score would be 50, whereas if the second one lodged in the seat 1, he would have a score of 150, and the next player would compete in like manner with the first player.

The scoring or values given the seats may be arbitrarily determined, and the inventor does not wish to be limited with respect to this detail.

I claim:

1. A game comprising a base having seats for the lodgment of game pieces, the said seats being juxtaposed, two spherical members adaptedto be superimposed in contact with each other, and a manipulator moved in contact with the uppermost spherical member and operative to rotate and propel the spherical members over the surface of the base and to lodge the spherical members in the said seats.

2. A game comprising a base having seats for the lodgment of game pieces, the said seats being juxtaposed, two spherical members adapted to be superimposed in contact with each other, and a 20 Number propelling member moved in contact with the uppermost spherical member and operative. to

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